wants Meta’s artificial intelligence to be the one used by “the entire government”

Artificial intelligence (AI) has long gone from an anecdote to a reality, and this tool is commonly used in Spain and around the world. A technology capable of generating texts and images and even writing a quarter of Google’s code. And one of the companies betting the most on this is Meta, owned by Mark Zuckerberg, which pushes the American government to use Llama, its AI model.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, recently assured that the company “is working with the public sector to adopt Llama across the US government“. A comment that the manager made this Wednesday during his opening speech of the company’s third quarter earnings call, as reported by the media. The edge.

A situation that raises a wide variety of questions, such as exactly which parts of the government will use Meta’s artificial intelligence models? and for what? among other problems. Faith Eischen, spokesperson for the company, told the same media that “we have established a partnership with the US Department of State to Find out how Llama could help you overcome different challengesfrom expanding access to clean water and reliable electricity, to helping support small businesses.

Meta’s spokesperson also noted that Mera “has been in contact with the Department of Education to learn how Llama could help make the financial aid process more student-friendly and we are in conversation with others”. on how Llama could be used to benefit the governmentNot only that, but he added that “no payments were involved” in these partnerships. It’s worth noting that Meta is bringing its artificial intelligence into government at a truly special time.

And, on the one hand, former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently threatened to imprison Mark Zuckerberg and showed his rejection of the company’s products. On the other hand, there is the approach to the US government by competitors such as OpenAI and Google’s Anthropic, which have said they will share their models with the country’s Artificial Intelligence Security Institute beforehand. to conduct a security review.

During the call, Zuckerberg also provided more details on the upcoming Llama model. For example, he said that version four trains on “a larger cluster than I’ve seen in anything others are doing” and that he expects “new modalities,” stronger reasoning” and “much better” faster performance. when it comes out next year. He also acknowledged that Meta plans to continue spending more money on artificial intelligence in 2025.

Something that “may not be what investors want to hear in the short term”; although he considers the benefits will be worth it. “I’m very excited about all the work we’re doing right now. “This is perhaps the most dynamic time I have experienced in our industry, and I am focused on making sure we are building incredible things and making the most of the opportunities ahead,” he said. Zuckerberg said.